A Hop Skip And A Jump Away

Arrival of the DA: The Forgotten Resource

"What are we going to do about this?" Harry asked his husbands almost the moment they were back in their room after seeing the new minions off.

"We would need to see the official order. Depending upon when it was signed and the justification given we may have to cast our net very wide to catch everyone," Voldemort said grimly. He hadn't fought at all when his husbands had bundled him up into the bed only to settle around him and begin to protectively cuddle him before a word was spoken.

"Is the baby alright?" Harry asked in a very vulnerable tone. Severus and Voldemort immediately extended their magic, alongside Harry's, to check the baby even though they'd already checked twice and allowed one of the new minions with a Medi-witch license to check. Like every previous check they found nothing wrong with the baby or Voldemort.

"Baby and papa are fine," Severus breathed.

"When we have them all..." Voldemort grumbled.

"Yes, you can go all dark lordy as long as the magic won't hurt the baby," Harry agreed with the unspoken threat. Children were always something he fought the hardest to protect, no matter how many times it killed him literally and figuratively.

"I want to remove Fudge and Umbridge now but that will leave the rest of the rats free to find a sewer to hide in," Severus hissed angrily, clutching his husbands close.

"We could send them back to work, instruct them to claim it was a training run for the upcoming order, see if the idiots try to rescind it or force the issue," Harry said, eyes narrowed in thought. "Its not like its been that long since our change in status was publicized."

"That still leaves us at risk," Voldemort pointed out softly.

"We can have the goblins update the wards to something akin to a fortress. All three of us are skilled duelers and as long as we don't separate we'll have a better chance of fighting off anyone stupid enough to try this again," Severus suggested, a rumble of anger aimed from deep within his chest at anyone threatening his family.

That's right about when Dobby popped in with Luna.

"Luna?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Hi Harry. Sorry to interrupt but the ministry is arresting everyone I've been gathering for you," Luna said with an exhausted smile before passing out. Severus caught her befor she could hit the floor and quickly levitated her onto the bed between them.

"She's exhausted and has been hit with multiple Auror level curses. If what she said was true it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for them to have made a simultaneous attack," Severus growled worriedly.

"But she's been safe at Hogwarts. Who would be stupid enough to attack Hogwarts? No, offense love," Harry said, his apology waved away by Voldemort.

There was a loud pop from down stairs which Harry immediately went to go check only to find that Dobby had brought a decent sized group of students, many of whom were injured.

"Harry!" Fred and George exclaimed, popping their heads out of the crowd.

"Fred? George? What's going on?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Someone at the ministry has gone mental. We were meeting in the Defense club that Lovegood arranged. She said that she was teaching us the way she remembers the first DA. We got jumped by Auror's of all people on the school grounds," Draco complained.

Harry blinked in surprise and then took another look at the group. It was an even mix of all houses and most of them were powerful or especially skilled at something. The first aid being administered to everyone by their fellows told him that Luna wasn't just getting them caught up in defense but thinking ahead to the inevitable injuries as well.

"Dobby is exhausted but Harry Potter's guard is here and the bad wizards will not touch Harry Potter's family," Dobby said triumphantly from near Harry's feet.

"Thank you Dobby... what is the ritual to bind a house elf to a family?" Harry asked, choking a bit.

"Dobby is only knowing that the elf must ask to serve the wizard. The wizard will accept or decline the bonding," Dobby said hopefully. "Is... May Dobby serve Harry Potter sir as his elf?!"

"Yes, Dobby, yes," Harry said softly. The bond snapped into place as a brief pattern flashed over Dobby's skin, his naturally open core revitalizing as he once more became bonded to a powerful wizard line.

"Thank you!" Dobby cried, throwing himself into Harry's side and driving the air from the wizard's lungs.

Kreacher popped into the room screeching about bad elves and dirty half bloods until he noticed the feel of Harry's magic and promptly shut up.

"Youse... youse honor the traditions of the House of Black?" Kreacher asked in awe. Harry shrugged, trying to hide his confusion.

"I know I'm related to the Blacks through my paternal grandmother but I was never taught the traditions so I don't know if I'm following them or not," Harry admitted.

Kreacher blinked in surprise, considered the answer and nodded slowly in acceptance. "Kreacher will accept you as master over bad Sirius who is gone now. Can Kreacher finally remove filthy traitors from the honorable House of Black?"

"Sure but I want the house cleaned up in case we need to move in," Harry said with a startled blink. A pop and the insane elf was gone, his bond with Harry no longer being fought.

"I can't believe you! You do know that Dobby is insane?" Draco pointed out incredulously.

"Yeah but if you handle him right he's... less erratic, same with Kreacher. Now, tell me why you all came here and if everyone got out?" Harry asked attentively, confident in his husbands' ability to protect themselves in their bedroom.

"Everyone got out but..." Fred started.

"But we saw some of Dumbledore's people in among the Aurors that attacked us and a bunch of teachers were unconscious just outside the meeting place when the protective wards we'd set up finally came down," George explained for his brother.

"They took out McGonagall and Flitwick," Fred agreed solemnly.

"Right.... Dobby set everyone up with a bed and food. I'll ask Severus if we can raid his potions stores. We'll sort it out further in the morning but I want it understood that everyone is safe here, alright?" Harry informed them. There was a general round of agreement before he went to fetch his snarky husband so they could patch everyone back together.